Robert Kuhn battled Ronald Keren for nearly an hour before winning the $400 No-limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker Online.
Jim Barnes
Former Assistant Sports Editor
Louis Lynch (screen name PokeThese) beat a field of 919 entries in the $1,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em event early Friday on WSOP.com.
The poker room will host games starting at 4 p.m. with plexiglass dividers to allow six-handed play, per guidelines from the Gaming Control Board.
Jonathan Dokler beat a field of 1,715 entries to earn more than $130,000 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet early Thursday.
Nearly a quarter-million in winning wagers were placed on Korean and Chinese baseball games after they had begun, a source told ESPN.
The World Series of Poker Online, especially the U.S. portion, does not have the larger buy-ins and variety of games that players are used to.
The rooms plan to host five-handed games, a spokesman said. All of the Station Casinos rooms have been closed since the shutdown began in March.
The room will have plexiglass dividers like its fellow MGM Resorts casino the Bellagio. Other rooms in town are playing five-handed without dividers.
Four sportsbooks posted spreads and totals on the first three days of the NBA restart, and the Westgate put a line on the reported MLB opener.
The World Series of Poker has evolved over the years, and the coronavirus pandemic has created a new wrinkle in a long-standing discussion.
The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the way with a total of 38½ at the Westgate. Teams must play 59 of the scheduled 60 games for the bets to count.
The Belmont winner is down to +285 to win what is now the second leg of the Triple Crown. Skeptical bettors can still wager that he won’t at Circa.
Right Angle Sports, one of the most respected pick-selling services in the industry, has created a discussion group on the Slack platform.
The dividers will allow the room to host six-handed games like Bellagio. The Orleans has also said it will install dividers.
The Bellagio is the only room in Las Vegas with six-handed games because it has installed plexiglass dividers between players.